The Tempe-based airline got its passengers to their destinations on time 83.5 percent of the time — an improvement from its 82 percent showing in July, but still behind its June rate of 86.2 percent.

However, US Airways gave its hometown airport a little better service. Of the 4,964 flights arriving at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 90.7 percent arrived on time. Still, US Air’s hometown showing was only the third-best on-time rate among the major airlines serving Sky Harbor.

Alaska Airlines was the leader, with a 93.8 percent on-time arrival rate for its 176 August flights into Sky Harbor. Mesa Airlines was second, landing 91.2 percent of its 1,333 flights into Phoenix on time.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines had a Phoenix on-time arrival rate of 81.6 percent in August, and American Airlines had a 71.9 percent on-time arrival rate for flights into Sky Harbor.

Overall, Sky Harbor’s 15,361 inbound flights in August had an on-time arrival rate of 86.3 percent.

The Transportation Department considers a flight arriving within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival to be on time.

At all airports nationwide in August, Hawaiian Airlines had the highest on-time arrival rate of the 15 major airlines: 92.8 percent.

The report also covers passenger complaints against airlines nationwide in August. A range of consumer complaints are covered by the report. Among the most common are flight cancellations, delays, missed connections, baggage problems, issues with reservations and tickets, frequent-flier problems and customer service issues.

Southwest had the lowest rate: 0.37 complaints per 100,000 passengers. United had the highest: 5.39 per 100,000 passengers. US Airways ranked 12th, with 2.05 per 100,000.

The overall average was 1.9 per 100,000.

-- Mark Harden of the Denver Business Journal, a sister publication, contributed to this report.

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